Category Archives: daily update

This Is Your Life

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Sarah

I liked this when I found it online.  Enjoy!

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Small Steps to the Homeless Shelter

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Sarah

The roasted vegetables smelled really good.  I’d been standing behind the serving counter for an hour picking up clean plates from my left, scooping out a generous spoonful of those veggies and passing the plate to the person on my … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cookies!

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Sarah

What would you do with more than eight dozen sugar cookies in the shapes of Christmas trees, snowmen, holly leaves, candy canes and Christmas stockings?  Decorate them, of course!  We pulled the student women and their friends together for a … Continue reading →

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Depravity in Happy Valley

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Sarah

You know that feeling in the pit of your stomach when you’re going to be physically ill?  I’ve had that feeling since last night when I read the Grand Jury Report on the Sandusky sex scandal. It’s 23 pages of … Continue reading →

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Update from Sad News

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Sarah

I’m so thankful for dear family and friends who drew near to us during the first horrible days of our miscarriage and these four weeks since then.  We are the recipients of so many kind words and thoughtful gestures that … Continue reading →

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Sad News

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Sarah

It was our sweet little secret.  Our joy and delight.  And we’d only shared it with our immediate families so they could pray with us through the tender time.  We were debating about with whom to share our news after … Continue reading →

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Home!

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Sarah

Home.  A sweet word.  A word which conjures up images, emotions, smells, feels, sounds. It’s word which engages your senses and your memories.  For many people, the word evokes a positive emotional reaction. For me, “home,” is a place of … Continue reading →

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9/11, 10 Years Later

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Sarah

I didn’t know what to expect.  The TV news relayed messages from the NYPD about a “credible threat” on the weekend of the 10th anniversary of 9/11.  Neither Mike nor I were in the US ten years ago on that … Continue reading →

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